Handbag receptacle system



April 16, 1957 H. J. WALSER 2,788,823

HANDBAG RECEPTACLE SYSTEM Filed Jan. 5, 1955 lx 1 47% 16 l i I I ATTO RN EY United States Patent HANDBAG RECEPTACLE SYSTEM Henry J. Walser,White Plains, N. Y. Application January s, 1955, Serial No. 480,839

4 Claims. (Cl. 150-34) The present object is to provide a hand bagreceptacle system in which ready access may be had to separatecompartments thereof from the exterior of the hand bag without openingthe top thereof.

Another object is to provide a novel hand bag construction in which,without opening and fishing through the entire hand bag, ready accessmay be had to certain objects which should be desirably obtained in ahurry or with greater frequency while other objects will be more fullyprotected against accidental loss or theft within the interior of thestructure.

It is among the particular objects of the present invention to provide acompartmented bag structure in which a carrier of a hand bag may use theupper opening for removal of certain objects when desired, withsubsidiary compartments being accessible from the outside for the use ofkeys, cigarettes, matches and even cosmetics.

Still further objects and advantages will appear in the more detaileddescription set forth below, it being understood, however, that thismore detailed description is given by way of illustration andexplanation only and not by way of limitation, since various changestherein may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe scope and spirit of the present invention.

in accomplishing the above objects of the present invention, it isdesirable to form a lower hand bag frame or enclosure which will bepositioned in the base of the hand bag and which may have a centralcompartment only available through the bottom of the interior of thehand bag, with other compartments which may be provided with doors orsliding receptacles which are available from the ends of the hand bag.

These compartments may or may not be locked but they should be of suchconstruction so that the drawers or removable receptacle will be snappedclosed when forced home and at the same time will be readily accessiblewhen keys, cosmetics or cigarettes are to be taken or removed therefrom.

In the preferred form of the invention the entire receptacle system ispositioned in the bottom of the hand bag and enclosed by or covered bythe fabric or facing material of the hand bag so that it does not changethe external appearance of such hand bag.

At the same time the interior structure of the hand bag may depend uponor engage this sheet material receptacle with the drawers and/orinternal compartments to form part of the frame of the bag.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically described, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views:

Fig. l is a front perspective view of the handbag according to thepresent invention showing the special bottom receptacle therein.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing one of the drawer memberspartly removed from the base of the handbag upon an enlarged scale ascompared to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical side sectional view upon an enlarged scale ascompared to Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the receptacle taken upon the line 4-4 ofFig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a top perspective view of the bottom receptacle beforemounting within the hand bag.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown a handbag A with the carrierstraps B and the usual top opening C.

The present invention is particularly directed to the lower receptaclestructure D which as shown has side drawer or removable receptacles Fand G and the central protected receptacle H.

The entire receptacle structure may be formed of an aluminum sleeve-likeclosure having the bottom wall 10, which may be integral with or a sheetinside of the base 3 of the handbag.

The top of the receptacle D is formed of two sheets 12 and 13 which forma false bottom for the handbag A and also act as guides for theremovable receptacles F and G.

The removable receptacles F and G may have bottom plates 14 and 15 andside flanges 16 and 17 which are guided against the side walls 18 and 19of the lower portion of the handbag, or which may consist of metalinserts inside of the side walls of the bottom of the handbag.

The drawer members are provided with intermediate partitions 20 and 21so as to form double compartments 22 and 23 in the drawer at the leftand 24 and 25 in the drawer at the right.

in the form shown the outer compartments 22 and 25 may serve as ashtrayswhile the inner compartments 23 and 24 may serve to receive cigarettesand matches.

The end or face walls 26 and 27 of the drawers F and G may have the snapclosures 28 and 29 and they may also be provided with swing loop handles30 and 31 to enable the drawers F and G to be forced home or withdrawnwhen access is desired.

The engagement handles or rings 30 and 31 may be received in recesses 32and 33 in the outer walls 26 and 27, respectively, of the drawers of theremovable receptacles F and G.

The end walls 26 and 27 may be faced with the same material as thehandbag A or they may be so finished as to match the material of thehandbag A.

Between the back walls 40 and 41 of the drawers F and G and onlyaccessible from the interior of the handbag is the compartment H. Thecompartment H has the base wall 42, the end walls 43 and the side walls44.

The top of the receptacle H is closed by the swinging members 45 havingthe hinges 46 which are desirably spring connected so as to lower theplates 45 to the posi tion shown in Fig. 3. These plates have knobs 47which enables the closures 45 to be lifted from the interior of thehandbag.

The structure shown may be conveniently located in the base of thehandbag without extra expense, without change or deformation of theexterior of the handbag, and at the same time not only provides theinterior protective compartment for valuables but also permits readyexteriorly accessible compartments for cigarettes, cosmetics, keys orother objects which are frequently sought more often than othermaterials or objects retained in the handbag.

The entire construction may be conveniently placed in the handbagwithout increasing its weight, and it may 7 be formed of a lightaluminum' sheet metal or a light magnesium sheet metal.

While there has herein been illustrated and described the preferredembodiment of the invention, it is to be Having now particularlydescribed and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in whatmanner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

1. A top main opening, ladies hand bag having an interior receptacleframework and an exterior fabric covering, said covering extending overthe sides, ends and bottom of the framework, said framework including asleeve extending from end to end in the base of the hand bag andremovable receptacles in said sleeve being accessible from the lowerportion of the ends of the framework, said covering having openings atthe lower portions of said ends of the framework to give suchaccessibility to said receptacles.

2. The hand bag of claim 1, said sleeve being of rectangular crosssection and having three compartments, a central compartment accessiblefrom said top main opening and two end compartments accessible throughsaid openings at the lower portions of the ends of said framework.

3. The hand bag of claim 1, said removable receptacles consisting ofdrawers which slide in and out of said sleeve. 7

4. The hand bag of claim 1, said sleeve being of rectangular crosssection and having top, bottom and side walls and drawers located insaid sleeve sliding along I said top, bottom and side walls andsaidsleeve having spaced transverse partitions acting as back stops for saiddrawers and the space between said transverse partitions serving to forma third compartment.

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